Acts 24:20 Meaning and Explanation
“Or else let these same here say, if they have found any evil doing in me, while I stood before the council,”
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Read Full Chapter →Paul challenges the accusers actually present to name any wrongdoing discovered when he stood before the council in Jerusalem.
What Does Acts 24:20 Mean?
Since the eyewitnesses are absent, Paul turns to the men who are present — the high priest and elders — and confines them to what they themselves saw: his hearing before the council (Acts 22:30-23:10). What misdeed did that examination uncover? They can name none; the session had dissolved into their own divided uproar, not into any finding against him.
Paul's willingness to be judged by the record is the fruit of the conscience he keeps (Acts 24:16). Only a life lived in the open can issue such a challenge. So the Lord Jesus asked, 'Which of you convinceth me of sin?' (John 8:46), and said at His trial, 'If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil' (John 18:23). Integrity is the best defense brief.
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What does Acts 24:20 mean?
Paul challenges the accusers actually present to name any wrongdoing discovered when he stood before the council in Jerusalem.